Keep Up The Flow Of Milk In Drouths

A drouth in summer, soorcbing the pastures, drying tho streams, parcbing the lnnd far aud near, Í3 a great calatniüy, r.ud nono feel it quicker than tbe dairyiuan. Tho provideart farmers have made provis on for any euch ocourrenoe, by putting in cora or sorghum, or other gecn fodder erops, whieh will afford an abundance of exc-llent forage for a long time, án 1 if not thv.3 used, will furuish dry fodder for winter feeding. Coru, if only cured, is second in valué only to good meadow hay or mixed grasses. W hereever it is posible, the practice of " taking up" the cotyp cvjry night, stalling or yaraing thenj aud feeding green fodder, or an equivalent, if? adviaable. A littlc oil cako mea!, or eottnn-seed-cake meal, or Indian meal fed daily at tbis time niakes itself very profitably felt in the milk pail, or in íhe butter tub. As sooi), at any rate, as the least undue dimiotttiori in tLe quantity of milk is noticed, and accurate observations ought to be tnade daily, measures ought at once to be taken to keep up the flow. Farmers are so mueh in the habit of letting cows fall off in milk during the summer's droutb, that ualess they almoat dry up, many would only regard it as only he natural eourse of things. If, bowever, tbey have eonstantly ful) feed during the first four or five months after calving, the falling off should be very small. If the cows can uot be etalled, nor put iuto loóse boxea in shods or barns, they may, at least, very easily be yarded. It is best to put a Jarge herd iu several small, sheltered, dry yarda, those agreeiag best or about equal strength being put together. When the one or two fighters or"bullies" of a herd are taken out for a night, the rest will be quiet enough, and a decidedly better return for the feed may be expeoted. The yards ought to have fodder racks, so that the feed will not be wasted. The amouut of feed to be provided for the cows, and the time to take tbein up will depend very inuch upon the condición of tbe pastures. They ought to be turned out very early so that they may fill themselves, if they can, before the heat of the day, or else they should have a feed befjre they leave the yard. With the return of rains and a good growth of graas, if it is desirable, the feeding at home may be disoootinued. By this practice a mueh better flow of milk will be